I've thought this too but I've seen some things that put this assumption into question [0]. The way that I've dealt with it in Anki specifically is by decreasin

I've thought this too but I've seen some things that put this assumption into question [0]. The way that I've dealt with it in Anki specifically is by decreasing my leech threshold such that knowledge that isn't working well in the exponential-backoff strategy simply gets removed from my reviews. [0] See eg the experience here https://www.reddit.com/r/Anki/comments/ukavcj/9_year_ankiversary_today_after_14_m_reviews_and/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Anki/comments/ukavcj/9_year_ankiver...